Pome fruit

Apples, pears and nashis are the main pome fruits grown in Western Australia. There is significant production around the Perth Hills, Donnybrook and Manjimup. Smaller pockets are scattered in cooler areas from Perth to Albany.

Due to the varieties grown and high storage capacity, local apples are available all year round, pears from February to December and nashis from February to August. Most fruit is sold on local markets with some interstate and overseas sales.

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia’s apple breeding program has produced some outstanding varieties grown internationally including Cripps Pink (Pink Lady™) and Cripps Red (Sundowner™). Other promising candidates are in the pipeline.

Articles

  • Honey bee visiting an apple flower

    Recommendations for successful apple pollination

    6 November 2013

    Pollination is one of the keys to profitable apple production. As a general rule, apple varieties are not self-fertile and will not set a full crop without a compatible polliniser.

  • dark red skinned apple

    Apples and flavonoids

    26 August 2015

    Leading horticulture and medical researchers have teamed up to explore how ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ and ways to breed new, healthier apples in Western Australia.

  • Pansy spot on apple

    Thrips pests in pome and stone fruit

    16 December 2013

    Thrips are small (1-2mm), slender insects, just visible to the naked eye which are an economic pest of pome and stone fruit.

  • Magnet MED device

    Medfly area-wide management project: interim results

    27 February 2014

    'Management of Medfly without cover sprays' is a three-year project jointly funded by Fruit West, Horticulture Australia Ltd, Summerfruit Australia, and the Department of Agriculture and Food, West

  • Bird netting covering rows of apple trees.

    More Dollars per Drop: apple demonstration

    14 October 2013

    Some promising early results are emerging from the More Dollars per Drop apple demonstration site at the Lysters' orchard at Manjimup.

  • Magnesium deficiency symptoms on apple leaves

    Trace element treatments for apple and pear trees

    19 May 2014

    Symptoms of zinc, copper, manganese and magnesium deficiency are often seen in apple and pear trees in Western Australian orchards.

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